coronnel

== Middle French == === Etymology === From Italian colonnello (“colonel; commanding officer of a column of soldiers who march at the head of a regiment”) from Old Italian colonnella (“small company or column of soldiers at the head of a regiment, commanded by a colonel”) via compagnia colonnella (literally “little column company”) from Medieval Latin colonellus; diminutives of colonna, from Latin columna (“pillar, column”), collateral form of columen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”). Compare French colonel, a later borrowing closer to the Italian source form. === Noun === coronnel m (plural coronnels) colonel; a middle-ranking military officer ==== Descendants ==== → English: coronel ⇒ English: colonel → Norman: coronel → Old Occitan: coronel ⇒ Occitan: coronèl, coronèu → Portuguese: coronel → Spanish: coronel